Charter Meeting at Capitol Draws Hundreds

As the , Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) and other members of a legislative subcommittee met at the state Capitol today to discuss ways to help .

According to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's D. Aileen Dodd, more than 300 people came "to hear ideas from lawmakers and education leaders on how to keep schools open following a state Supreme Court ruling that essentially invalidated the commission."

From changes to the Georgia constitution to an idea to convert charters to private schools, the Education and Youth Special Sub-Committee discussed short- and long-term solutions to help charter school students.

Click here to read Dodd's story. For a minute-by-minute account of the gathering, go here for Maureen Downey's Get Schooled blog on the AJC.